Huge Value In the WPTWOC Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low Events

The $100 million guaranteed WPT World Online Championships are underway with the first Championship Events of the series completing their opening flights. There’s some massive value in the $3,200, $320, and $33 buy-in tournaments which see their Day 1B shuffle up and deal at 19:00 CET on July 19. Find out why below.

WPT #01 Omaha Hi-Lo Championship Day 1A Chip Counts

• Buy-in: $3,200
• Entrants: 63 (103 more players required)

Only eight players from 63 starters managed to make it through to Day 2 from the $3,200 WPT #01 Omaha Hi-Lo Championship Day 1A. Another 103 PLO8 grinders are needed on Day 1B to hit that chunky $500,000 guarantee.

Netherlands’ Koen Andri secured the Day 1A chip lead after amassing 1,303,175 chips by the time the curtain came down on proceedings. The Dutch star has two players hot on his heels who both finished with seven-figure stacks.

Russia’s Daniil Shlaev bagged up 1,174,409 chips while Ilari Tahkokallo of Finland finished on 1,043,574 chips.

These players will be armed with massive stacks going into Day 2 on July 20 but there’s still plenty of work required until they become a WPTWOC champion. This is because the likes of Niklas Astedt (976,869) and our very own Joao Simao (538,082) are also still in the hunt, plus whoever progresses from Day 1B on July 19.

Check out the satellites for this amazing event in the partypoker lobby. There are $320 satellites at 15:00, 17:00, 18:99 and 19:00 which you can win your way into for a fraction of the cost. Also, taking down the $16.50 Big Bounty Hunter: $20K Gtd that starts at 16:00 CET awards you a free $3,200 WPT seat as part of our ticket drop promotion.

WPT #01 Omaha Hi-Lo Mini Championship Day 1A Top 10 Chip Counts

• Buy-in: $320
• Entrants: 206 (284 more players required)

Some 206 players bought into the WPT #01 Omaha Hi-Lo Mini Championship Day 1A for $320 and it was Vincent Varona of Canada who finished with the title of overnight chip leader. Only 26 of the 206 starters punched their Day 2 tickets and it is Varona who’s in control right now.

The Canadian was the only player to bag up more than 2 million chips, although Iisakki Ullakonoja came close; the Finn finished Day 1A with 1,980,851 chips.

A special mention has to go to Koen Andri who not only tops the chip counts in the $3,200 buy-in event, he’s also in the top 10 in the $320 edition! Andri’s 771,731 chips are enough to place him ninth after the first of two flights.

Day 1B commences at 19:00 CET on July 19 with 284 entries required to reach the $150,000 guarantee.

WPT #01 Omaha Hi-Lo Micro Championship Day 1A Top 10 Chip Counts

• Buy-in: $33
• Entrants: 647 (1,019 more players required)

A field of 647 players gathered for the $33 WPT #01 Omaha Hi-Lo Micro Championship Day 1A and only 75 made it through at the first attempt. The fallen players have another chance at 19:00 CET on July 19 when Day 1B kicks off.

Andrey Sorokin excelled at the partypoker tables on the first of two flights, ending the night with 2,136,063 chips, slightly more than Aaron Carpenter of the United Kingdom who returns to the action with 2,076,414 chips.

Those calling the UK home starred on Day 1A with five of the top 10 chips counts having a Union Jack displayed. Will they able to keep up the pace when Day 1B is done and dusted?

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